DAVID WALLEY & CO SOLICITORS

COOKIE POLICY

Website Cookie & Tracking Technology Notice 

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how David Walley & Co Solicitors ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on https://www.davidwalley.ie/ ("this website"). It is issued in accordance with Regulation 5 of the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 336/2011) and, where cookies involve the processing of personal data, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR").

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device and store certain information about your visit or preferences. Similar technologies (for example, pixels or local storage) that store or access information on your device are treated the same way under this Policy.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required to provide the service you have explicitly requested — for example, to operate this website's basic functions, maintain security, or remember your cookie preferences. They are exempt from the consent requirement under Regulation 5(5) of the ePrivacy Regulations.

3.2 Non-Essential Cookies (Consent Required)

These cookies are not strictly necessary and are only placed on your device with your prior consent, as required by Regulation 5(3) of the ePrivacy Regulations and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. They may include:

•    Analytics cookies — used to understand how visitors use this website (for example, pages visited, time spent on the site);

•    Functional cookies — used to remember choices you make to provide enhanced, personalised features; and

•    Marketing/advertising cookies — used to track visitors across websites for advertising purposes.

4. Cookies Used on This Website

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

Name

Provider (1st/3rd Party)

Purpose

Duration

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Squarespace (First party)

Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

Session

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/ ss_marketingcookiesAllowed

Squarespace (First party)

Remembers your cookie consent choices

30 days

4.2 Analytics Cookies (Consent Required)

Name

Provider (1st/3rd Party)

Purpose

Duration

ss_cid / ss_cpvisit / ss_cvr

Squarespace (First party)

Identifies unique visitors and tracks visitor sessions (Squarespace Analytics)

2 years

ss_cvisit / ss_cvt

Squarespace (First party)

Identifies unique visitors and tracks visitor sessions (Squarespace Analytics)

30 minutes

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Google Analytics (First party)

Distinguishes unique website users

2 years

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Google Analytics (First party)

Persists session state for Google Analytics

2 years

4.3 Social Media / Marketing Cookies (Consent Required)

Name

Provider (1st/3rd Party)

Purpose

Duration

_fbp

Meta/Facebook (First party)

Tracks conversions and delivers advertising from Facebook/Instagram

3 months

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Meta/Facebook (Third party — facebook.com)

Delivers, measures, and improves the relevance of adverts

3 months

bcookie

LinkedIn (Third party — linkedin.com)

Browser identifier used by LinkedIn follow/share buttons or the LinkedIn Insight Tag for analytics and ad tracking

2 years

lidc

LinkedIn (Third party — linkedin.com)

Used for routing and identification within LinkedIn's systems

24 hours

4.4 Other Common Third-Party Embeds

These are not yet confirmed as present on this site — they are flagged because they are near-universal on small professional-services sites and are easy to miss in an audit. Confirm which apply and delete the rest.

Name

Provider (1st/3rd Party)

Purpose

Duration

_GRECAPTCHA

Google reCAPTCHA (Third party — google.com)

Distinguishes human visitors from bots, typically on a contact/enquiry form

6 months

NID (and related Google cookies)

Google Maps (Third party — google.com)

Remembers map display preferences; embedding the map also loads Google's own advertising/analytics identifiers

6 months (varies)

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE / YSC

YouTube (Third party — youtube.com or youtube-nocookie.com)

Embedded video playback and view tracking, if any video is embedded on the site

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: 6 months; YSC: session

5. How We Obtain Your Consent

When you first visit this website, you are presented with Squarespace's built-in cookie banner, giving you the option to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Non-essential cookies are not set until you actively consent. We do not infer consent from continued browsing, scrolling, or closing the banner without making a choice.

6. Managing or Withdrawing Your Consent

You can change or withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link displayed on this website (in the site footer or as a pill-style button, depending on configuration), which reopens the Manage Cookies pop-up so you can update your choices. You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings; refer to your browser's help function for instructions.

7. Personal Data Collected via Cookies

Where a cookie involves the processing of personal data, that processing is carried out in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which sets out the applicable legal basis, your data protection rights, and how to complain to the Data Protection Commission.